a miss is as good as a mile

:Alternative form
a miss by an inch is a miss by a mile
🔰a miss is as good as a mile🔰
in American English
missing by a narrow margin has the same practical effect as missing by a wide one
CollinsDictionary@
🔰a miss is as good as a mile🔰
1 ) Failing or losing by a small margin is just as bad as failing or losing by a large margin
. E. g
She felt that not achieving a perfect grade point average was as bad as failing all of her classes because, according to her, a miss is as good as a mile
2 ) Almost having done something is the same as not having done it at all, since in both cases the thing does not get done
. E. g
We only missed the train by one minute? Well, a miss is as good as a mile
3 ) Coming close to success but failing is no better than failing by a lot, as in He was beaten by just one vote, but a miss is as good as a mile. This proverbial expression, first recorded in 1614, is a shortening of the older form, "An inch of a miss is as good [or bad] as a mile of a miss. "
4 ) INFORMAL
People say a miss is as good as a mile to mean that if you only just fail, the result is as bad as failing by a large amount
. E. g
She failed the exam by one point, but a miss is as good as a mile
5 ) ( saying )
there is no real difference between only just failing in something and failing in it badly because the result is still the same
. E. g
What’s the difference between failing an exam with 35% or 10%? Absolutely nothing; a miss is as good as a mile
6 ) Falling short by a small amount is as bad as falling short by a great deal. This condensation of the older proverb, “An inch of a miss is as good ( or bad ) as a mile ( or ell ) of a miss, ”
. E. g
“He was very near being a poet—but a miss is as good as a mile, and he always fell short of the mark. ”
TheFreeDictionary@
🔰a miss is as good as a mile🔰
​ ( saying ) there is no real difference between only just failing in something and failing in it badly because the result is still the same
TOPICS Difficulty and failure
OxfordDictionary@
🔰a miss is as good as a mile🔰
Meaning
1 ) This phrase points to the fact that regardless of how badly ( or not ) someone missed the target, it is a miss after all
2 ) It disregards the fact that a miss may be by a narrow margin, because it still represents failure.
Example Sentences
👈Although they scored the last goal, that one miss was as good as a mile
👈It does not matter that you scored two marks less than her, you will not be given the prize because a miss is as good as mile
👈I ran a marathon ones and can tell you that only in charitable runs a miss is not as good as a mile. Everywhere else the competition is fierce
👈He did not get the award even this year after all the hard work he put in. He is quite depressed since a miss of this nature is as good as mile
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